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Open Asset Import Library (Assimp) Readme
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Here you can find information regarding Open Asset Import Library:

1. Overview
1.1 Supported file formats
1.2 File structure
2. Build the Asset Import Library
3. Help
4. License


1. Overview
1.1 Supported file formats

The Asset Import Library provides a lot of model formats:
- 3DS
- ASE
- DXF
- HMP
- MD2
- MD3
- MD5
- MDC
- MDL
- NFF
- PLY
- STL
- X
- LWO
- OBJ
- SMD
- Collada
- LWO
- Ogre XML
- partly LWS
- .. maybe some more ...

1.2 File structure

Open Asset Import Library is implemented in C++ and provides a c-interface. The directories
are:

/bin Binaries of the Asset Import Library.
/code Code of the Asset Import Library.
/contrib Third-party-libraries used by the Asset Import Library.
/doc Documentation (doxygen generated and data structure as a xml-file)
/include Public headers.
/lib Static libraries.
/obj Object files.
/port Ports to other languages. The Java port is not yet finished, but
the Java part of the interface is fixed. So: you can't use it, but
you can see how it will look like.
/test Unit- and regression tests.
/tools Tools.
/workspaces Build enviroments.


2. Build the Asset Import Library

Take a look into the INSTALL file.


3. Help

For more help go to http://assimp.sourceforge.net/ or go to http://www.zfx.info. Or take a look
into the /doc-directory.


4. License

The license of the Asset Import Library is based on the BSD-License.